sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
end; close; conclusion; termination
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
main hall (of a Buddhist temple); main temple
morning star; Venus; preeminent person (within their own field); star (of the stage, silver screen, etc.)
meditation; contemplation
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)
Vienna sausage; wiener; Vienna coffee; Viennese
to complain; to make a complaint
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
in the hospital; hospitalized
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
rich person; wealthy person
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose